Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

I read many comparison between these two scents, noticing that they are quite similar. Some prefer roadster and others prefers live jazz. How can i compare these scents? Is roadster a good scent or it towards generic?

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

The opening of Roadster is fairly promising, but things go downhill and become muddled thereafter. Live Jazz has somewhat overbearing top notes. but eventually dries down to a far more wearable scent - by far the better of the two IMHO.

I own Roadster. I have only tested Live Jazz. Roadster is my favorite scent. It always smells good and is never inappropriate. It lasts all day plus some, and it is always interesting no matter what stage of topnotes or dry down it is in. A dense uber-masculine with a fresh start and a thick woody base. Live Jazz has only struck me as watery and lacking character and body.

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

Love Live Jazz and don't care for Roadster at all. The mint in Live Jazz is like a sweet spearmint type which I prefer. I honestly get very little mint out of Roadster. It has an herbal top, but then I get this strong vetiver and awful sour green type note in the drydown. (Labdanum I'm guessing?) Whatever that dominant note is in the middle and drydown of Roadster is horrid to my nose. I'd choose Live Jazz or probably a million other scents over Roadster.

Another reason I enjoy Live Jazz is the cilantro and rhubarb notes. Those, along with the spearmint gum type mint are 3 of my favorite notes. My only dislike with L Jazz is the ambergris note in the base.

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I would never say that Roadster and Live Jazz are similar...not in the slightest. They both do have mint, albeit Live Jazz's mint last for .2 seconds, and Roadster's mint lasts about 20 minutes. Neither are exceptional mint fragrances if you are looking for mint...there are many that are much better. But, yeah, live Jazz is 98% Cilantro, leafy green cilantro, in your face cilantro, and that's about it. Roadster is wood, dry wood, in your face wood, with a little mint at the beginning. I don't really care for either, but just wanted to state that they are worlds apart...not similar at all.

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Roadster is one of my favorites, actually, though it took 3 wearings to really like it. I tried it 3 times because I thought it held promise. I can't say the same for LJ, which has that cilantro type note that makes me feel ill; it's a "dealbreaker" for me and even if it wasn't there, I didn't get a sense that anything else was there that would be worth a purchase. Roadster is a sort of "head fake" scent because you think it's going to be "fresh" but then it goes into a kind of gourmandiental, one might say. The drydown isn't far from L'Instant Pour Homme EdT at one point. Many probably dislike it because they go for the head fake, or don't want a gourmandiental and so should not have purchased it in the first place.

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

Originally Posted by Bigsly

Roadster is a sort of "head fake" scent because you think it's going to be "fresh" but then it goes into a kind of gourmandiental, one might say. Many probably dislike it because they go for the head fake, or don't want a gourmandiental and so should not have purchased it in the first place.

This is a very good point and an accurate way to describe the little trick that Roadster pulls on its wearers.

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

Well they are definitley not at all similar. Roadster is heavier, thick. More of a synthetic smelling toothpaste like mint, as opposed to the more natural spearmint from Live Jazz. I really don't care for Roadster, too much mint going on. The dry down though blends the woods with the mint, the mint is subtle at this point, and it makes for a nice dry down. But Live Jazz is just so much better imo.

I think the best mint fragrance is Green Water though, it's very minty, but never too heavy and cloying. Total classic, and very underrated.

Re: Is Roadster good as Live Jazz?

Roadster is deceptive...
The minty opening suggests it is a fresh scent, but in fact, it warms as it dries down.
Overspray and it would likely be a little cloying in the heat.
Spray appropriately and it blooms nicely even on a warm day.
The drydown is simply superb.
This is another example of a fragrance that is best from the mid to base notes.
Credit rightly goes to Cartier for releasing such a brave fragrance in this trying era of "calone and code".